Interesting Albany update from Pete Dougherty. Explains why Clermont wasn't re-assigned to Kalamazoo right away and gives an injury update which should help Burlon get some playing time.

Special assignment coaches Jacques Lemaire, the former Montreal, Minnesota and New Jersey head coach, and Jacques Caron have been working the A-Devils’ practices this week as the team begins a three-in-three Friday night against Norfolk.

Because of the presence of Caron, a goaltending specialist, the Devils kept rookie goalie Maxime Clermont with the AHL club a few extra days before officially reassigning him today to ECHL Kalamazoo.

“We wanted to make sure everybody was 100 percent healthy up top,” said Kowalsky, referring to New Jersey, “but we probably still would have done it. Kalamazoo doesn’t play until Friday, and with Jacques Caron here, we wanted to take advantage of it as much as possible. We went on the ice with a small group and just Max on Monday to get some good quality time with Jacques.”

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RIP Pat Burns -- RIP Alexander Vasyunov and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Winner of the 2008 Sergei Brylin Award for Most Underrated Poster
Co-Winner of the 2011 Scott Bertoli Award for Best Minor League Poster, Winner of the 2012 Scott Bertoli Award

Albany defeated Norfolk 2-1 behind goals by Gionta (Wiseman and Corrente) and Taormina (Bernier and Berube). Kinkaid stopped 24 of 25 shots earning himself the second star. Taormina was named 1st star. Corrente left the game in the 3rd, hopefully its nothing serious, he's been having a solid year. Gionta tied the Devils franchise record for goals with 52 (tied with Mike Swift). The lone goal Kinkaid gave up was on a Norfolk PP and ended his 126:57 shutout streak dating back to November 2nd against Binghamton. Burlon got into a game with Leach injured and was a +1 with 1 shot. Here is the gamesheet. Below are the highlights.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWbyR4cUSVQ

Albany defeated Syracuse 1-0 behind a 20 save effort by Frazee, who was named 3rd star. Scoring for the Devils was Perkovich (PP, Anderson and Sislo) who ended up 2nd star. The Devils outshot Syracuse 37-20. Here is the gamesheet. I'll add the highlight video to this post if there is one posted later.

Their next game is Sunday against Toronto at 4:00.

Still no word on what Corrente's injury is from the other day but he didn't play tonight.

Albany lost to Toronto 4-3 in overtime. Scoring for the Devils was Bernier (SH, Zajac), Perkovich (Wiseman and Zalewski), and Anderson (Taormina). Kinkaid stopped 31 of 35 shots in the loss. Bernier was named 3rd star. Here is the gamesheet. Below are the highlights. Hockey Spoken Here has a solid recap of the game and other interesting notes including Albany moving into first place of the Northeast Division with their solid play lately.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownQdbUyEbo

Is it my imagination but is Albany one of the better defensive teams in the AHL?

This shouldn't be that surprising. Harrold and Corrente are probably above average AHL Ds. Taormina definitely is. Urbom might be too. People like Sestito and Veilleux are probably good defensive players, too.

the titans are a bunch of losers. nothing can save them...except maybe another NJD bailout

I thought bailout was when you helped something, not drove it into the ground and left.

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Official NJDevs.com Keeper of Gory Corey Schwab, Mike Peluso, Troy Crowder, Jeff Frazee, and Rich Shulmistra."The Devils are that zombie that takes an ax to the skull, a bullet to the temple and is set on fire … and yet keeps lumbering along to the annoyance of all the other zombies." - Puck Daddy

Albany won a crazy game against Hershey 6-5 with a shoot out. After going down 2 goals early on the Devils countered with 3 straight goals, Perkovich (Wiseman and Zalewski), Zajac (Zharkov), and Gelinas (PP, Taormina and Sislo). Hershey would tie it up shortly after that and then the Devils would exchange goals with Hershey twice, Bernier (Zalewski and Wiseman) and Sestito (Zharkov and Burlon). The Devils won the shootout 3-1 with goals from Sislo, Anderson, and Bernier. Kinkaid stopped 28 of 33 shots including 3 of 4 in the shoot out. Bernier was 2nd star and Zharkov 3rd. Here is the gamesheet. Below are the highlights.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp5rRY8uieQ

Their next game is Friday against Rochester at 7:30.

Kalamazoo lost to Elmira 3-2 in a shoot out: Sova (-1, 1 Shot) and Haczyk (-1, 3 Shots). Young did not play. Clermnot did not get into either game this weekend, limited to just the lone mid week start which is somewhat disappointing.

Edited by thefiestygoat, 20 November 2011 - 12:40 PM.

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RIP Pat Burns -- RIP Alexander Vasyunov and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Winner of the 2008 Sergei Brylin Award for Most Underrated Poster
Co-Winner of the 2011 Scott Bertoli Award for Best Minor League Poster, Winner of the 2012 Scott Bertoli Award

Defense has been the backbone of Albany’s turnaround from a 1-5-0-0 start to a 7-1-1-1 record in its last 10 games. Entering a one-game weekend (at Hershey on Nov. 19), the Devils occupied the top spot in the Northeast Division with an 8-6-1-1 record (18 pts.).

“We have to play good defensively if we want to win,” said defenseman Alexander Urbom, who leads the team with a plus-3 rating. “It’s not just the defensemen, it’s the whole team.”

The Devils 10-game stretch has been the most successful since an 8-2-0-0 run midway through the 2008-09 season. During the most recent span, the team has posted a 1.96 goals-against average with two shutouts.

Of the team’s eight victories, seven have come in one-goal games.

I suggest checking out the full article, seems like guys are really buying into the system. Note this article was published before the Hershey game Saturday night.

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RIP Pat Burns -- RIP Alexander Vasyunov and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Winner of the 2008 Sergei Brylin Award for Most Underrated Poster
Co-Winner of the 2011 Scott Bertoli Award for Best Minor League Poster, Winner of the 2012 Scott Bertoli Award

Kalamazoo lost to Cincinnati 5-2: Sova (E, 2 Shots) and Haczyk (Assist, E, 1 Shot). Young and Clermont did not play. I really hope Clermont gets into at least 1 of the 2 games this weekend. Young hasn't played since 10/22.

ECHL notes:With Boulton sent down to Albany for conditioning, J.S. Berube has been assigned to the Trenton Titans, joining Albany Devil property Mike Banwell who has been playing there all year despite the Devils affiliation with Kalamazoo.

Banwell (D): 6 GP 0 G 0 A 0 Pts -3 11 PIM 6 SOG

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RIP Pat Burns -- RIP Alexander Vasyunov and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Winner of the 2008 Sergei Brylin Award for Most Underrated Poster
Co-Winner of the 2011 Scott Bertoli Award for Best Minor League Poster, Winner of the 2012 Scott Bertoli Award